Luqiao Town, Dingyuan County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province

Luqiao town

Luqiao town is located in the west of Dingyuan County, Anhui Province. Dingyuan, an important town in the west, is the salt and chemical industrial center of Dingyuan. Luqiao in history is an ancient town with a history of more than 2000 years. It is located in the eastern and western border of Anhui Province, at the junction of three cities and three counties. Because it is the hub of land and water transportation, it was a large densely populated settlement on the Bank of Yaohe river before Qin and Han Dynasties. Historically, the ancient town is surrounded by water on all sides, and the northwest ship berth stretches more than 60 Li to the Huaihe River. It is known as "little Nanjing". In 2016, it was selected as the "Millennium ancient town" in Anhui Province

Historical evolution

Luqiao town has a long history. Before Qin and Han Dynasties, it was a large densely populated settlement on the Bank of yeshui. Because of yeshui, it was called Yexi in Japan. At the end of Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's soldiers entered the eastern Wu Dynasty and built more than 100 furnaces here to cast weapons. Because there was a bridge beside the furnace, it was commonly known as "Bailu bridge". Later, it was built in xiatangji, later referred to as Luqiao. In ancient times, the town was a place of victory. It was on the left side of the mountain barrier, on the right side of yeshui (ancient name of Yaohe), in front of Chonggang screen, and behind changhuaijin. It is located in an important area with land and water transportation. It was once an ancient battlefield of the battle of Feishui and a giant port of ancient merchants. It is known as "little Nanjing". In the former Qing Dynasty, there were Fujian, Shanxi, Xin'an, Huizhou and other guilds, where merchants gathered and markets flourished. The scenery is famous for "heavy bridge moonlit night", "huaipu Guifan", "fenglingqinglan", "western suburb LIULANG", etc. Luqiao town has a history of more than 2000 years. Luqiao town was liberated in 1946 and became a town directly under Dingyuan county. In 1999, it was merged into Luqiao Town, shilihuang Township and Bayi Township by township merger. In 1999, it was identified as the provincial central town, and in 2003, it was identified as the provincial key central town. In April 2007, after the township was merged again, the former Luqiao Town, nianjiagang town and Qingluo town were merged into the new Luqiao town. In 2009, it was selected as the first batch of pilot towns to expand power in Anhui Province; in 2012, it was selected as the third batch of pilot towns for reform and development; in 2014, it was selected as a new batch of national key towns; in 2016, it was selected as the "Millennium ancient town" in Anhui Province. Luqiao industry is developed. Dingyuan Salt Chemical Industrial Park is the only provincial industrial park in Anhui Province with the characteristics of salt chemical industry. It is a demonstration base for undertaking industrial transfer in Wanjiang City belt, one of the three chemical bases in Anhui Province, one of the six pillar industries and three hundred billion yuan industries in Chuzhou City, and one of the five pillar industries in Dingyuan county.

Evolution of organizational system

1. Qin is Jiujiang County West Quyang County. 2. In the Western Han Dynasty, the Marquis state of Quyang was established on the basis of the rule of Qin. 3. When Emperor Xiandi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Quyang was changed to West Quyang, and its governing place was Luqiao. 4. In the 13th year of Jian'an (208 AD), Cao Cao set up a furnace here to cast weapons. Since then, this place has been called Luqiao, and the name of the town is still used today. 5. In the early Ming and Qing Dynasties, the architecture of Luqiao ancient town no longer existed in the wars. 6. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Luqiao was still an important commercial and trade town. In the Qing Dynasty, Luqiao had "Huizhou guild hall", "Xin'an guild hall", "Shanxi guild hall" and other commercial and trade institutions. In February 1949, Luqiao town was liberated as a town directly under Dingyuan county. 8. In 1999, the original Luqiao Town, shilihuang Township and Bayi Township were merged into Luqiao town. 9. It was identified as the provincial central town in 1999. 10, 2003 was identified as the provincial key center town. 11. In 2007, the original Luqiao Town, nianjiagang town and Qingluo town were merged into a new Luqiao town. 12. In 2009, it was identified as a provincial pilot town to expand power. 13. In 2012, it was identified as the third batch of national development and reform pilot towns. Yuanluqiao town is an ancient town with a history of 2200 years. It is the second largest construction town in Dingyuan county. It was identified as the provincial central town in 1999,

economic construction

Luqiao town is an important economic zone in Dingyuan county. Its main indicators of national economy rank in the forefront of the county's national economy. The comprehensive index of township economy is only second to Dingcheng and second to the county, with a good industrial foundation. The county owned enterprises in the town are chemical fertilizer plant (which has been moved into salt chemical industrial park as Quansheng chemical), national grain depot, etc. In 2006, the key project of the provincial "861" project, the integration project of salt, chemical, coal and chemical industry, was officially settled in the town, with a total investment of 14.3 billion yuan and an area of 6000 mu, which ushered in a once-in-a-lifetime development opportunity for the town. On the basis of the salt chemical industrial park, the town has planned a chemical industrial park with an area of 10 square kilometers. Now it has achieved four links and one leveling of water, electricity, road and communication. On both sides of Shahe River, with Kaiyuan grain trade Industrial Park as the leader, Luqiao grain and oil processing industrial park was built. in order to improve the scale, grade and taste of the town's urban construction, it is planned to develop 230 mu of land in Luqiao old industrial park and build Huayuan street. We will open up 15000 square meters of market in Huayuan street, 9000 square meters of commercial housing and 180000 square meters of residential buildings. Luqiao town has a strong momentum in the development of individual and private economy, covering an area of more than 1000 mu, with more than 150 enterprises entering the zone, involving more than 20 categories such as agricultural products processing, agricultural machinery, prefabrication, shipping, construction and breeding. Luqiao town has always been an important business town, with active trading and prosperous market, accounting for about 40% of the whole national economy. There are 6 farmer's markets, 10 professional markets and 2300 individual businesses in the town, with an annual trading volume of 720 million yuan, radiating more than 10 towns and more than 200000 people. there is a 110kV substation, six level electric irrigation water pumping station and two tap water stations in the town, which can ensure the power and water consumption for the industrial and agricultural production and life of the whole town and surrounding towns. Luqiao station, a third-class railway station, has an annual cargo throughput of nearly 3 million tons and a passenger capacity of 180000 person times. 8 banks, credit cooperatives and other financial institutions. There are three communication organizations of China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom, and 30000 program-controlled telegraphs can be directly dialed at home and abroad. Cable TV covers the whole town. There are Dingyuan County Second People's Hospital (Luqiao Central Hospital) and 5 health centers. There are 5 middle schools, 30 primary schools and 15 kindergartens. Luqiao Hotel, qiaoshangqiao Hotel and Jingu Hotel provide star rated catering, accommodation and leisure services. There are two rural commercial banks in Luqiao Town, one Agricultural Bank, one industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one postal bank, one bank of China and one Minfeng village bank. There are many financial institutions in Luqiao town. It is often said that if you want to see the economic development of a place, you have to first see the development of the local banks. Luqiao has become a branch in three steps and a savings office in five steps. The economic development of Luqiao has begun. Luqiao rural commercial bank has made great contributions to the economic development of Luqiao. As of the end of December 2009, the net amount of loans provided by Luqiao rural commercial bank was more than 50 million, including more than 40 million loans from farmers, which effectively promoted the development of local economy.

Travel

Bridge on Bridge

According to sporadic historical materials and wild old rumors. It was first built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The first bridge was built by Cao Cao at that time. Later, it was buried by the Huai River. In the Song Dynasty, it was built on the bridge again. It was silted up again. It was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. Thus, the spectacle of overlapping bridges on the bridge is formed. Later, the old bridge was lower than the water surface, and later generations built a bridge on the original bridge, so it was called bridge on bridge. There are five existing holes, about 10 meters long and 3 meters wide. On the west side, there are several meters of stone bridge railings, and the patterns can be seen. In the 1950s, it was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

Historical celebrities

1. Fang's three brothers: in the Qing Dynasty, there was a saying that "Shouzi, Huaihua and Dingyuan" were popular in the area of Jianghuai, that is, Shouxian's calligraphy, Huaiyuan's paintings and Dingyuan's articles enjoyed a high reputation among Jianghuai. The main representatives of Dingwen are Fang's three brothers: Fang Junyi, Fang Junshi and Fang Junyi. 2. Yang wending: in 1833, he was a Jinshi and a governor of Jiangsu Province. 3. Niu Xiaoping: an industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty, he successively set up a warehouse and a coal mine, and successively served as the general manager of Zhili coal mine, the doctor of the household department, and the observation envoy. Niuxiaoping is very charitable. He always donates money for relief in case of famine, which is praised by the villagers. Fang Shaozhou (1867-1940): Ming Bi, born in Luqiao Town, Dingyuan County, is a member of the United League and a member of the Chinese Kuomintang. In his early years, he followed Sun Yat Sen to participate in the anti Qing democratic revolution, and in his later years, he devoted himself to the cause of resistance against Japan and died for his country.

Special food

Big rescue

It is said that at the end of the Five Dynasties, Zhao Kuangyin, the general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was in a bad mood and had a bad appetite when he attacked Shouzhou at Luqiao. The bakers in Luqiao town made this cake. Zhao had a big appetite after tasting it. Then he conquered Shouzhou in one breath. Later, he became the emperor of the Song Dynasty. He said that this point had saved his "Jia" and "Da Jiu Jia" got its name from it. Da Jiujia is a flat garden with milky white color. It has several layers of crispy skin, which is like gold wire coiled in a torrent whirlpool in the middle. It has white stuffing and red and green silk in it. It is crispy, oily and not greasy.

Sliced chicken noodles

"Chicken noodle": the chicken noodle of Luqiao is exquisitely made. Besides Luqiao's shops, there are Luqiao noodle shops in Hefei, Huainan, Bengbu, Dingcheng Town, shuijiahu and other places around, all of which are praised.

Steamed Dumplings

traditional breakfast in Luqiao town. Characterized by white skin, large meat, small head. There are more than 20 steamed buns in the super large steamer, one at a time. What you eat is pride. And the store is located in Caishikou of Luqiao Town, which has the advantage of terrain. Because of the special workmanship. So this is the only one. In addition, we have some special snacks such as pancakes, beef noodle soup and peanut crisp.

Qiaowei

Luqiao Town, Dingyuan, Anhui Province is a special product of pork pickles. Select a piece of fat and thin meat with tail from pig buttocks, and process and marinate it. Sliced vegetables are delicious and beautiful. Produced in an

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